Major Shakeup At Fox – Top Personality OUT

Fox News CEO Roger Ailes was moved out of the Fox headquarters in Manhattan on Thursday, weeks after host Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexual harassment.

According to Daily Mail, sources with Fox have confirmed that Ailes was moved out of his office at 1211 Avenue of the Americas and into another New York City building owner by 21st Century Fox – Fox News’ parent company – on Thursday. The sources said that Ailes and Fox have come to an agreement on a $60 million payout, much more than the $20 million that was reported on Tuesday.

Ailes and Fox are reportedly “still wrestling” over the language of Ailes’ apology or “acceptance of responsibility” as well as how long he will remain with the network as a consultant.

This news came hours after former Fox News anchor Laurie Dhue, who was fired from the network, announced she is writing a tell-all memoir “in which she will candidly discuss her years at Fox News and her interactions and communications with Mr Ailes.”

Dhue’s lawyer released the following statement to CNN:

You are one of several media members who have contacted either Laurie Dhue or me in the past two weeks asking her to comment on Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit against Roger Ailes at Fox News in which Ms. Carlson alleges that she was a victim of sexual harassment; and on the reports of an investigation by an outside law firm into Mr. Ailes’ behavior. It is worth noting that we have not been contacted or interviewed by Paul Weiss, the attorneys reported to be conducting the inquiry on behalf of Fox.

Ms. Dhue does not intend to comment in the media. She is in the process of writing a book in which she will candidly discuss her years at Fox News and her interactions and communications with Mr. Ailes and many other Fox News personalities, her involuntary departure from Fox News and her lack of success in continuing her career in the television news industry following her departure from Fox News.

Ailes’ ouster from Fox could get extremely messy, as A-listers like Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren are in talks to follow him out the door.

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Donald Trump’s irrational war on the media continues. In its latest installment, Trump threatened to nix daily White House press briefings. Instead of daily briefings, Trump wants to conduct them himself every two weeks.

Trump sat down to interview with Judge Jeanine Pirro and explain his reasoning behind the change. Earlier this week, he sent a tweet threatening to cancel all future press briefings “for the sake of accuracy.”

Trump stated, “We don’t have press conferences, we just don’t have them, unless I have them every two weeks and I do them myself. I think it’s a good idea.”

Donald believes the WH press briefings have “a level of hostility” that is ” very unfair” for Sean Spicer. He then stuck up for Spicer and called him “a wonderful human being.”

Pirro asked Trump if Spicer will return. Trump responded, “He’s been there from the beginning.”

Dan Rather has quickly established himself as one of Trump’s most eloquent enemies. The veteran general of the fourth estate has kept a running critical commentary on the administration’s constant mistakes, wrongdoings, and general idiocy. Today, he posted a brief, but insightful message on his Facebook page:

Rather’s comments come on the tail end of a turbulent week for the White House. Trump and his aides repeatedly contradicted each other, in particular with their explanations for the firing of FBI Director James Comey. Trump seems pathologically incapable of taking responsibility for anything he does, and so he constantly blames everything on his team.

The GOP underestimated the Democrats’ retaliation to the firing of James Comey. Mitch McConnell and AG Sessions plan to shut down any additional investigations into Trump-Russia while taking over control of the ongoing investigations.

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee aren’t going to let the GOP protect Trump so easily. They demanded that all materials relating to the FBI’s investigation into Trump-Russia and James Comey’s firing be preserved.

In light of today’s shocking decision by the President to fire FBI Director Comey, it is imperative that you take several immediate steps to protect the integrity of your investigations into Russian efforts to influence our recent election and related matters,” the Democrats wrote in a letter.

They asked that all materials related to “the Department’s and FBI’s criminal investigation into matters related to Russian interference in our federal elections; collusion with individuals associated with the Trump campaign; and associated matters” be saved and off limits to White House officials or associates.

The letter specifically named Attorney General Jeff Sessions as someone the documents should be protected from, citing his recusal from the Russia probe.